You’ve still got almost a month to hammer away at your reading goal for 2019. Here’s a list of short works (around 200 or fewer pages) that I’ve collected. And below my list you’ll find a list of other lists.
Good luck. Read on!
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
An Untouched House by Willem Frederick Hermans
The Hole by José Revueltas
The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg
A Week at the Airport by Alain De Botton
I Am Sovereign by Nicola Barker
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy, translated by Tim Parks
Hit Your End of Year Reading Goal with These Fast Reads
14 Feel-Good Books to Read in a Weekend
Lamenting that her reading time is often confined to weekends, Lorraine Berry here offers a list of books that can be finished over a weekend, which “means a book that clocks in with fewer than 300 pages — and sometimes, even fewer than 200.” An added bonus is the wide variety of titles here.
50 MUST-READ SHORT BOOKS UNDER 250 PAGES
This list includes fiction and nonfiction.
50 MUST-READ SHORT BOOKS IN TRANSLATION
This list will help me tick off two categories on my reading plan for this year: (1) total number of books read and (2) translated works. Pierce Alquist says she has included here books of “less than ~200 pages.”
11 Short Novels from Around the World that You Can Read in One Sitting
A Very Short List of Very Short Novels with Very Short Commentary
From writer Alice McDermott
7 SHORT BOOKS TO READ AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO FULFILL YOUR GOODREADS GOAL
“If you are looking for quick reads under 300 pages to help increase the number of books you’ve read this year, here is a list of short books to read to fulfill your Goodreads goal.”
The 5 Best Audiobooks Under 5 Hours
10 New Books You Can Read in One Sitting
These books all clock in at “around 300 pages or less.”
7 SHORT READS THAT YOU CAN FINISH IN ONE SITTING
32 Short (and New) Books to Help You Crush Your 2019 Reading Challenge
Goodreads suggests both fiction and nonfiction books of fewer than 300 pages.
12 Addictive Reads You Can Finish in a Single Flight
From Danielle Bucco for Off the Shelf comes this list of “books that you can absolutely finish in one flight!”
25 (MORE) CRIME BOOKS YOU CAN FINISH IN AN AFTERNOON
Because who doesn’t want to read more crime books?
© 2019 by Mary Daniels Brown
